# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker TMPDIR hardcoded /tmp permission issue fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #56648: DockerEnvironment writes session snap/cwd artifacts to hardcoded /tmp — EACCES for non-root container users when the image's /tmp is not world-writable
- PR #56652: fix(docker): honour docker_env TMPDIR for session snapshot artifacts
- PR #56659: fix(docker): honor configured TMPDIR for session snap/cwd artifacts

A bug where DockerEnvironment writes session snapshot artifacts to a hardcoded /tmp path, causing EACCES errors for non-root container users. The associated fixes make the code honor a configured TMPDIR instead.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #56648: DockerEnvironment writes session snap/cwd artifacts to hardcoded /tmp — EACCES for non-root container users when the image's /tmp is not world-writable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56652: fix(docker): honour docker_env TMPDIR for session snapshot artifacts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`
- **#56659: fix(docker): honor configured TMPDIR for session snap/cwd artifacts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#56652`, `#56648`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `tests/tools/test_docker_tempdir.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `environments`